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25 Céntimos El Pedernoso
| Issuer | El Pedernoso, Municipality of |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | Consejo Municipal - El Pedernoso (CUENCA) EMISIÓN 1937 Certificado de 25 céntimos Declarado de curso legal en esta localidad, para facilitar el cambio, según acuerdo de este Consejo. No es válido sin el sello al dorso. (Translation: Municipal Council - El Pedernoso (Cuenca) Issue 1937 25 Centimos certificate Declared legal tender in this locality, to facilitate the change, according to the agreement of this Council. Not valid without the stamp on the back.) |
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| Protection description | Hand-applied official municipal stamp on the reverse, required to validate the note for circulation as stated on the obverse. |
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El Pedernoso is a small municipality in Cuenca province, Castile-La Mancha, and this 25 céntimos note belongs to the vast ecosystem of locally issued emergency paper money that flooded Republican-held Spain in 1937. The Civil War had effectively destroyed confidence in and supply of small coinage — the Republic's copper and nickel coins were being hoarded or melted — forcing hundreds of town councils to print their own fractional scrip just to keep local commerce moving.
The Garrido Moraga catalog reference places this among the documented issues, but many municipally stamped notes from villages this size exist in very limited numbers, with no known print run figures.